Trait overdispersion in dragonflies reveals the role and drivers of competition in community assembly across space and season

R Novella‐Fernandez, L Chalmandrier, R Brandl… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of how biotic interactions influence animal community assembly is
largely restricted to local systems due to the difficulty of obtaining ecologically meaningful …

Patterns of co‐occurrence and body size in dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) in preserved and altered Amazonian streams

JMB Oliveira‐Junior, MA Teodosio… - Austral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific interactions, such as competition, are among the key factors that determine the
distribution, abundance and diversity of organisms in natural communities of aquatic …

Functional traits predict species co‐occurrence patterns in a North American Odonata metacommunity

F Cerini, L Vignoli, M Blust, G Strona - Ecosphere, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The probability of occurrence of a given species in a target locality and assemblage is
conditioned not only by environmental/climatic variables but also by the presence of other …

Making the competitive exclusion principle operational at the biogeographical scale using fuzzy logic

R Real, JC Báez, JE Fa, J Olivero… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In biogeography the competitive exclusion principle (CEP) has been confirmed in some
cases but not in others. This has fueled an unresolved debate between those advocating …

Behavioral dynamics provide insight into resource exploitation and habitat coexistence of two octopus species in a shallow Florida lagoon

CO Bennice, WR Brooks, RT Hanlon - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Multiple octopus species inhabit overlap** ecohabitats worldwide yet little is known about
the behavioral mechanisms that facilitate such coexistence. To distinguish coexistence …

Bivoltinism in Coenagrion mercuriale (Zygoptera: Odonata) in the southern margin of its distribution range : emergence pattern and larval growth

H Mahdjoub, Z Bouslama, R Khelifa, R Zebsa… - African …, 2015 - journals.co.za
Voltinism is an important life history trait that varies with the environment. In temperate
zones, insect populations take a substantially longer time to reach the adult stage in the …

Co-occurrence of three Aristolochia-feeding Papilionids (Archon apollinus, Zerynthia polyxena and Zerynthia cerisy) in Greek Thrace

J Slancarova, P Vrba, M Platek, M Zapletal… - Journal of Natural …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Comparative studies of co-occurring species using overlap** resources may help in
understanding the mechanisms supporting biotic diversity in species-rich regions, such as …

Dietary Niche Partitioning of Euphaea formosa and Matrona cyanoptera (Odonata: Zygoptera) on the Basis of DNA Barcoding of Larval Feces

YC Cheng, CP Lin - Journal of Insect Science, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Odonate larvae are commonly considered opportunistic general predators in freshwater
ecosystems. However, the dietary breadth of most odonate larvae in forest streams is still …

Niche partitioning at emergence of two sympatric top-predator dragonflies, Anax imperator and A. parthenope (Odonata: Aeshnidae)

N Boucenna, A Kahalerras… - Annales de la Société …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In natural communities, closely related species are phenotypically similar but usually
spatially and/or temporally isolated. In odonates, interspecific competition occurs not only at …

Perch Selection by Three Cooccurring Species of Celithemis (Odonata: Libellulidae): Testing for a Competitive Hierarchy among Similar Species

WB Worthen, PH Morrow - Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In many communities of perching dragonflies (Odonata: Libellulidae), a size‐dependent
competitive hierarchy creates a positive relationship between male body size and perch …